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Buff · 03-23-2011, 12:40 PM

I didn't immediately go to school after high school. I had no clue what I wanted to do. I wasn't ready to grow up. So I spent the first semester upgrading a couple of poor marks in my grade 12 classes. Then I didn't do a thing from February to September, not even work. I just hung out with friends. I had applied to go to school in the fall, I thought I liked playing with numbers so I'll try to become an accountant.

I found out right away that I wasn't keen on accounting afterall, but I like some of my marketing classes so I was going to go that route. Like accounting, I quickly saw that I wasn't going to be putting this education into use in the work world, at least not for very long. I finished up my schooling nonetheless and I got a job in retail after I graduated.

Worked retail for a couple of years and I finally got my break to get into management. Went home, did some research, and decided to go back to school. I was going to learn to do what I always liked, and what always came naturally to me. I was going to become a computer geek... well, a computer geek with a piece of paper.

Back to school I went, at the age of 26. Even then I switched up what I wanted to do. I thought I was going to develop software. My first job was working for a now defunct company that was a one-stop shop for all your IT needs. We developed software, websites, fixed computers, and did network and desktop support for clients. Through that job I realized that I was more into the IT support than sitting at a PC coding all day. The company as struggling so I got a different job and 5 years later I'm now the head of the IT department. For the most part, I love my job. I was put into a management position sooner than I wanted to. I wanted a few years of just doing IT, but now I have to combing IT with management duties too. Which is fine, I wanted to be where I am, not as soon as I got here, but I just have to adapt.

I have no regrets with my career path. I love my job, I love my life. I can't complain about where I am, thus I can't complain about the path i took to get where I am.

03-23-2011, 12:40 PM	#165
Buff Franchise Player Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: I don't belong here Exp:	I didn't immediately go to school after high school. I had no clue what I wanted to do. I wasn't ready to grow up. So I spent the first semester upgrading a couple of poor marks in my grade 12 classes. Then I didn't do a thing from February to September, not even work. I just hung out with friends. I had applied to go to school in the fall, I thought I liked playing with numbers so I'll try to become an accountant. I found out right away that I wasn't keen on accounting afterall, but I like some of my marketing classes so I was going to go that route. Like accounting, I quickly saw that I wasn't going to be putting this education into use in the work world, at least not for very long. I finished up my schooling nonetheless and I got a job in retail after I graduated. Worked retail for a couple of years and I finally got my break to get into management. Went home, did some research, and decided to go back to school. I was going to learn to do what I always liked, and what always came naturally to me. I was going to become a computer geek... well, a computer geek with a piece of paper. Back to school I went, at the age of 26. Even then I switched up what I wanted to do. I thought I was going to develop software. My first job was working for a now defunct company that was a one-stop shop for all your IT needs. We developed software, websites, fixed computers, and did network and desktop support for clients. Through that job I realized that I was more into the IT support than sitting at a PC coding all day. The company as struggling so I got a different job and 5 years later I'm now the head of the IT department. For the most part, I love my job. I was put into a management position sooner than I wanted to. I wanted a few years of just doing IT, but now I have to combing IT with management duties too. Which is fine, I wanted to be where I am, not as soon as I got here, but I just have to adapt. I have no regrets with my career path. I love my job, I love my life. I can't complain about where I am, thus I can't complain about the path i took to get where I am.